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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Pine Prairie High School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
757
Combined
DISTRICT 410 · STATE 527
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EVANGELINE PARISH·NCES 220063000478
Pine Prairie High School
1557 Speedy Campbell Drive, Pine Prairie, LA 70576 · (337) 599-2300 · Evangeline Parish
GRADES PK–12COMBINED42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL757 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 52.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
442 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 70%
Community
4
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 34 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 6% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 6% |
| Grade 9 | 100 | 13% |
| Grade 10 | 116 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 118 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 114 | 15% |
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 65% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
52.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
34.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 3 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 52.0% | 34.0% |
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 32.0% |
| 2022-23 | 55.0% | 37.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
33.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.3%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Louisiana's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Pine Prairie High School ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #26 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #23 of 55 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #12 of 55 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.0pp | #9 of 53 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 757 | #3 of 81 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #46 of 54 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.1% | #34 of 54 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.8% | #40 of 44 |
Ranked against other public K-12 schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
757
-14 (-2%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 19.1:1
% White
88%
was 83%
% Hispanic
1%
was 1%
% Black
8%
was 14%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 757 | 51.5 | 14.7:1 | 58% (442) |
| 2023-24 | 802 | 56.8 | 14.1:1 | 52% (420) |
| 2022-23 | 802 | 38.4 | 20.9:1 | 51% (406) |
| 2017-18 | 771 | 40.4 | 19.1:1 | 67% (516) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pine Prairie High School.
About Pine Prairie High School
Pine Prairie High School is the name of a mid-sized school serving multiple grade levels in Pine Prairie, Louisiana. It reported 757 students in pre-K through 12 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 527 students for combined schools in Louisiana.
Pine Prairie High School belongs to Evangeline Parish, a district of 13 schools and 5,326 students.
At Pine Prairie High School, 88% of students are White. Smaller groups are 8% Black and 2% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Evangeline Parish is roughly 65% White. The diversity index for Pine Prairie High School is 22%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 14.7 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Pine Prairie High School, which has 51.5. By comparison, the average for combined schools in Louisiana is 52.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Pine Prairie High School is about 58%. The rate at public schools in Evangeline Parish averages 72%, higher than here.
Pine Prairie High School scores 33.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 42.3%.
In Evangeline Parish, home to about 32,060 people, the median household earns about $41,915 a year, about 14% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 19%. Evangeline Parish's 13 public schools enroll about 5,326 students and include Pine Prairie High School.
Of the public schools around it, Pine Prairie High School is closest to Bayou Chicot Elementary School, about 4.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within ten miles is 2. Pine Prairie High School is 4th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 7 years: 771 in 2017-18, 757 in 2024-25. The student mix also changed: the Black share fell from 14% to 8%. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 19.1:1 in 2017-18 to 14.7:1 in 2024-25.
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Evangeline Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
32,060
Census ACS
Median income
$41,915
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
5,326 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Evangeline Parish
- Bayou Chicot Elementary SchoolElementary · 661 students
- Mamou High SchoolHigh · 443 students
- Basile High SchoolHigh · 432 students
- James Stephens Montessori SchoolElementary · 421 students
- Ville Platte High SchoolHigh · 419 students
- Mamou Elementary SchoolElementary · 392 students
Nearby schools
- Bayou Chicot Elementary School4.6 mi · 661
- Vidrine Elementary School6.6 mi · 359
- James Stephens Montessori School10.0 mi · 421
- Mamou Elementary School10.1 mi · 392
- Mamou High School10.2 mi · 443
- Mamou Junior High10.3 mi · 290
Frequently asked questions
About Pine Prairie High SchoolHow large is Pine Prairie High School?
Pine Prairie High School enrolls approximately 757 students in grades PK-12.
What age range does Pine Prairie High School serve?
Pine Prairie High School serves students from grade PK through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pine Prairie High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pine Prairie High School is approximately 14.7:1 (51 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Pine Prairie High School?
Student demographics at Pine Prairie High School are roughly 88% White, 1% Hispanic, 8% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Pine Prairie High School?
Pine Prairie High School is overseen by Evangeline Parish in Evangeline Parish.
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